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That mysterious POPP button won't see the light of day. See why POPP has pooped in the story below.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS Thursday, November 2, 1967
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Shake-up may occur in Soviet leadership
By Alison Steimel and Sharon Woodson Kansan Staff Reporters
A shake-up in the leadership of the Soviet Union is possible, Harrison E. Sallsbury of the New York Times told a KU audience of 500 Wednesday night.
Salisbury believes the change will be forestalled until after the Soviets' 50th anniversary celebration Tuesday.
Alexei Kosygin, Soviet premier, and Leonid Brezhnev, party secretary, have shared control of the Russian government since Nikita Khrushchev was ousted in 1964.
Salisbury, an assistant managing editor of the Times; Fred Hechinger, education editor; Ted
Shabad, foreign desk; and Harold Schonberg, senior music critic, discussed the changes in the political, cultural, economic and educational areas of Russian society.
Salisbury headed team
The four were part of a team of New York Times editors and reporters sent to the Soviet Union to investigate Russian life since the Bolshevik Revolution 50 years ago.
Salisbury, who headed the team, originated the idea two years ago. The team visited Russia during the spring and summer of 1967.
Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov—known to the world as Nikolai Lenin—and his fellow revolutionaries, 50 years ago thought the Soviet state
they created eventually would wither away because of the basic goodness of man.
Lenin believed there would be no need for money in the perfect communist society—no prices, no charges, no banks.
But Salisbury said the Soviet government today has more to say about what its people do than any other nation in the world.
'New era of rule'
However, the Russian intellectuals of today, who express opinions even though they disagree with the government, mark a new era in the 50 years of Soviet rule, he said.
Wescoe puts 'pooh-pooh' to POPP
By Dan Austin Editor of the Kansan
The Chancellor has poeh-poped POPP.
Advertised this week as a button to wear for Homecoming, POPP was to go on sale today.
The meaning of POPP, which can be an acronym based on many phrases, was left unspecified. Students, of course, were happily providing their own meanings, most (Push Over Purple Pride) innocuous
and a few, well, not so innocuous.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe decided the latter meanings were the ones intended, and after speaking with the anonymous student who plunked down $300 to finance POPP, the
Chancellor acknowledged that POPP buttons will not be sold.
Explaining that our football team "doesn't need that kind of support," the Chancellor said he had discussed the buttons with the football coaches and that all agreed the buttons were "distasteful."
KU 'migration' switches to buses
Students who plan to "migrate" to Boulder, Colo., for the Nov. 11 KU-Colorado football game will take to the highways instead cf the railroads.
A "disappointing" response to the migration has forced All-Student Council (ASC) sponsors to cancel plans for chartered Union Pacific coach cars and order buses instead, said Rusty
Wells, Portland, Ore., junior in charge of the migration.
The buses will operate under the earlier - announced train schedule, but an announced "keg" party during the trip has been cancelled, he added.
The buses will leave Lawrence at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. The return trip to Lawrence will leave
Boulder at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov.
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Wells said that only about 150 students had "indicated interest" in the train trip-far below the railroad's demand of a minimum of 600 students it said it needed to justify use of its cars.
Chancellor Wescoe also noted that the POPP buttons could create "antagonism" between KU and K-State fans Saturday — "something we want to prevent."
Instead five buses, with a capacity of 180, have been chartered from Greyhound Bus. Cost of the trip has been reduced to $23 from $25.50.
In order to complete the exchange, a student must bring his KU-ID and the tickets to be exchanged to the ticket office. A student also may exchange tickets with another student by bringing both tickets and ID's.
Students may exchange K-State game tickets
A free student ticket exchange for the KU-Kansas State football game will be conducted Saturday from 8-11 a.m. at the athletic ticket office in Allen Field House.
The Russians fear—after all the suffering and work of establishing communism—their world might go up in the "puff of smoke" of a nuclear war.
Student tickets are transferable only to students, and cannot be
He said he asked the student button-seller not to dispense the buttons "in the interest of the University's dignity."
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Violators of this code set up by the All Student Council seating bill, will have their student tickets taken away, and their student ID will be turned over to the dean of men or women.
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transferred or sold to adults or individuals from another school, according to rules printed on the back of the ticket.
The anonymous button-seller said he would comply with the Chancellor's request.
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There were three cases of this violation last week, Kyle Craig, student body president, said. However, no disciplinary action has been taken yet.
Wells explained that anyone who has already purchased migration tickets but now would not want to take the buses may obtain a full refund until Monday evening. After Monday, those who paid the train fare will receive in refund only the difference — $2.50 — between the train and bus fare.
The ticket exchange system has been set up to protect KU students from having their section filled with students from other un versities.
"The buttons definitely will not be available."
Students must sit in the assigned seats or seats assigned by the transfer, according to Monte Johnson, assistant athletic director.
All tickets must be signed to be valid. Admission will be accepted only with a student ticket and a KU-ID card.
Those wishing to obtain a refund or sign up for the trip should contact Wells at VI-37102 or leave their name at the ASC office in the Kansas Union.
Students will be admitted free to the KU-KSU freshman game Friday with a KU-ID card.
Game moved
The KU - K-State freshman football game will be played at 2:30 p.m. Friday on the practice field southwest of Allen Field House Friday instead of at Memorial Stadium.
Jay Simon, sports information director, said there would be no admission charge and that no seating would be available.
Salisbury, emphasizing the Eus-sians' personal experiences with war, told of meeting an old
They fear war with China with in the communist world and the possibility of war with the United States.
The questions the Soviet people asked the Times staff centered on the issues of Svetlana Stalin's defection to the United States, the Arab-Iraeli war and routine
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woman who said, "Please let Americans know that the Russian people don't want war with America not matter what happens. Russia is strong, but you are stronger."
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts mostly cloudy through Friday. Occasional rain is likely tonight and Friday, possibly becoming mixed with snow Friday morning. Temperatures should be colder tonight and Friday. The low tonight should be in the middle 30s. Precipitation probabilities tonight are 80 per cent and 60 per cent on Friday.
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Four members of the New York Times staff, a part of a team of reporters and editors that prepared a 25-part analysis of the Soviet Union after 50 years of Communism, Wednesday answered questions of students at a press conference in the Kansas Union. They are from left: Theodore Shabad, foreign news editor; Harrison E. Salisbury, assistant managing editor; Fred Hehinger, education editor, and Harold Schonberg, senior music critic.